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Smoker Friendly acquires Florida chain

Boulder’s The Cigarette Store Corp., which operates as Smoker Friendly, said Monday morning that it has acquired Tampa, Florida’s Tobacco Depot and its 13 stores.

The Boulder company said it would continue operating the stores under the name Tobacco Depot, but will gradually begin co-branding them as “Smoker Friendly” outlets as well.

“These stores are an excellent ‘bolt-on’ to our existing company stores in the mountain states and provide a complimentary product mix to the categories we currently sell in our stores. We are very excited about bringing the great premium cigar business that is established in these stores into our portfolio,” said Terry Gallagher Jr., president of The Cigarette Store Corp./Smoker Friendly, in a statement.

The Boulder company operates 103 retail outlets nationwide and employs more than 500 people

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